Every Door
Hacker ApprovedThe most recommended of 9 map editors
A free mobile app for quickly adding and editing OpenStreetMap places, especially opening hours and shop details, while on the go. Critics find its interface confusing and say it has fewer features than some rival editors.
A free mobile app for quickly adding and editing OpenStreetMap places, especially opening hours and shop details, while on the go. Critics find its interface confusing and say it has fewer features than some rival editors.
26 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fast, convenient place editing on the go
“my favorite for light-weight POI editing. You can blast through an entire shopping mall very quickly”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “OpenStreetMap: Admin_level for All Countries” “has been a really convenient on-the-go tool for contributing these annotations”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “Dissecting Flock Safety: The Cameras Tracking You Are a Security Nightmare [video]” “gives you slightly different set of tasks and allows you to place POI easily”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time” - Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time”
- Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap”
Easy interface for placing points of interest
“Everydoor's UI is also quite nice for this. it even lets you enter in the orientation quite easily”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “An interactive map of FLock Cams” “Between the streetcomplete and everydoor apps, it is very very easy”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads” “Every Door is definitely one of the easier ones and I like it”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap” - Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time”
Focused on shop details and opening hours
“I captured some basics (names, posted hours, the phone number posted on the door, etc.) with Every Door”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap” “It's oriented more towards stores and things I'm interested in on the map.”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta” “Every Door is very good if you know what info you'd like to edit.”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “Organic Maps” - Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap”
Complements StreetComplete well
“I find the information it allows to add much more useful than the one in streetcomplete quests.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time” “Between the streetcomplete and everydoor apps, it is very very easy”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Confusing, complicated user interface
“Every Door has a very confusing UI (lots of unlabeled buttons with unclear icons)”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta” “neither is nearly as easy to use in my opinion”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time” “IMO Every Door has a much more complicated UI”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time”
Other map editors people recommend
The four most recommended other map editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every DoorThis page | 22 | 4 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| MapComplete | 16 | 3 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| iD editor | 12 | 3 | 80% | 6 | — | Approved |
| JOSM | 11 | 11 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
| Vespucci | 8 | 2 | 80% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
25 of the 28 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Every Door has a very confusing UI (lots of unlabeled buttons with unclear icons)”
“It's oriented more towards stores and things I'm interested in on the map.”
“very usable for quick edits”
“Every Door is definitely one of the easier ones and I like it”
“Every door is more focused towards opening hours”
“Every Door is pretty cool”
“I have over 2k contributions and most are from the Every Door app”
“Between the glitchy raster tiles and need to click load data all the time I feel it gets tiring fast.”
“I captured some basics (names, posted hours, the phone number posted on the door, etc.) with Every Door”
“Between the streetcomplete and everydoor apps, it is very very easy”
“my favorite for light-weight POI editing. You can blast through an entire shopping mall very quickly”
“They all are useful for something”
“I find the information it allows to add much more useful than the one in streetcomplete quests.”
“neither is nearly as easy to use in my opinion”
“I like EveryDoor UI better for placing POIs.”
“both Vespucci and EveryDoor support viewing satellite overlay tiles”
“POI loading is taking 10+ seconds to update, then any zoom or pan reorders the list of locations.”
“IMO Every Door has a much more complicated UI”
“gives you slightly different set of tasks and allows you to place POI easily”
“Every Door is very good if you know what info you'd like to edit.”
“a bit harder to learn, but more powerful too”
“other mobile editor that are arguably more featured”
“Everydoor's UI is also quite nice for this. it even lets you enter in the orientation quite easily”
“If you just want to add POI data, then Every Door is a good choice that also works on iOS”
“has been a really convenient on-the-go tool for contributing these annotations”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.